+Uncategorized | June 13, 2011

Apples Can Be Tainted With Pesticides—But You Still Need Your Fruits and Vegetables

By Bryan Walsh

If the apple you had for lunch seems almost too perfect, you can thank the chemical industry. Conventional farmers use pesticides liberally in their orchards, in part to prevent blemishes that can hurt the value of their product. As a result, Americans have come to assume that apples should be as taut and unblemished as [...]

+Food | May 19, 2011

How to Prepare a Vegan Banquet

By Bryan Walsh

This is a guest post from TIME’s Kayla Webley: As a full-fledged carnivore, I attended Farm Sanctuary’s 25th Anniversary Gala last weekend to eat a three-course vegan meal. Having been a vegetarian in years past and as a general lover of tofu, quinoa and other vegan staples, I was very open to the evening’s eats. [...]

+Food | April 14, 2011

Eat Seafood. A Little Bit. And Mostly Plants.

By Bryan Walsh

I met Barton Seaver about a year ago, on a TED expedition to the Galapagos Islands. We were there as part of oceanographer Sylvia Earle’s TED wish—she had brought scientists, celebrities, financiers and a few writers on board a National Geographic ship to talk about the best ways to protect the world’s oceans. During the [...]